Canada, North America

This post was last updated by José of onez on Tuesday, 29 April 2025.

Image of Ottawa, capital city of Canada

Canada Flag

Canada is a country on the North America located in the Northern America sub‑region of the Americas continent.

Easy learning about Canada
Canada is located in	North America Northern America Americas Continent
Canada has a population of	39,299,105 inhabitants (2023 UN data) Inhabitants of Canada are called Canadians
The country’s total area is	9,984,670 Km² ( 6,204,174 sq mi)
Canada’s Global Peace Index (GPI)	11 (world rank position) GPI scale of 1.45 (1 = most peaceful; 5 = least peaceful) (2024 data from GPI)
Human Development Index (HDI)	Canada HDI ranks in position nº 18 worldwide Very High Human Development HDI of 0.935 (0.4 to 1) (2022 data from UNDP)
Canada’s passport	allows visa-free entry to 50 countries Canada passport ranks in position nº 88 in the world (2025 HP Index data)
Canada GDP per capita is	$53,558 USD (2025 estimated data from IMF)
Canada ’s LGBTI legal status	Same-sex sexual acts are Legal (2025 ILGA data)
Latitude & Longitude	60° 00' N, 95° 00' W Open in Google Maps
Canada Capital city	Ottawa
Neighbouring countries	United States.
Canada Climate	varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north
Most predominant religion	Catholic (includes Roman Catholic, other Catholic),
Second most predominant religion	Protestant (includes United Church, Anglican, Baptist, Lutheran, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, other Protestant),
Currency name & code	Dollar (CAD)
Internet ccTLD	.ca
Canada calling code	+1

10 provinces and 3 territories*

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